Beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France
Plages du Prado
The Plages du Prado are the beaches in the south neighborhood of Marseille, France.
The seaside park is an artificial coastal development created in the late 1970s by Gaston Defferre. They were built with the fill coming from the construction of the two Marseille metro lines.
How locals move
Getting around Plages du Prado the local way
- Get inThere are direct daily services to Marseille from Ajaccio, Bastia, Porto Torres, Porto-Vecchio, and Propriano as well as ferries traversing the Mediterranean from Oran and Algiers in Algeria, usually with one or two crossings per week.
- Get aroundA Ferry Boat crosses the Old Harbour (Vieux Port).
- Get aroundSeveral other ferries propose connections with L'Estaque, Les Goudes, La Pointe-Rouge and Le Frioul.
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